These barbarian hozens specifically chose this time to come prepared!
Spring plowing will inevitably be delayed!
"Your Majesty, give me, Old Cheng, an army of 50,000 men. I, Old Cheng, will lead the troops to attack the hometown of those hozens. This time, I, Old Cheng, will make up for the loss that these hozens have caused my Tang Dynasty!"
Cheng Zhijie said angrily.
"Exactly, even if Your Majesty cultivates less acres of land, we, the Tang Dynasty, can transport enough grain back from Japan or Linyi just by sending a fleet."
Fang Xuanling also thought of something, and her face lit up, "We in the Tang Dynasty are not short of food now."
Hearing this, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and others also brightened their eyes.
"Yes, our Tang Dynasty is not short of food!"
"According to the grain produced in Linyi, plus the taxes from the Japanese country, it is enough to support the 50,000 young men of the Tang Dynasty to fight abroad for a year."
"In addition, those aristocratic families are now very supportive of the imperial court. They can provide more than enough food and fodder for an army of 50,000 people!"
"So, send troops?"
"Your Majesty, we must send troops!"
"Your Majesty, with regard to the barbarian hozens like Tubo and Tuyuhun, we only need an army of 50,000, combined with the border troops, to stop them from our borders in the Tang Dynasty for a month or two!"
"As for small countries like Goguryeo and Baekje, with their 50,000-strong army, combined with their border troops, we can also block them from our borders in the Tang Dynasty!"
"Barbarian tribes such as Tiele, Uighur, Mohe, and Shiwei also need an army of fifty thousand!"
"Where did these 50,000 troops come from?"
"It's just an army of 50,000. If you add up the soldiers from Shunzhou, Yuzhou, Huazhou, Changzhou, Dingxiang, Yunzhong and Zhechong Prefecture, and recruit some from anywhere, you can still make it up!"
"As long as we survive the spring plowing, we, the Tang Dynasty, can recruit another hundred thousand troops to wipe out these barbarian hozens one by one!"
"Hmph, these barbarian hozens dare to invade our country, the Tang Dynasty, for no reason. They really don't know how to live or die!"
After the most worrying thing is solved.
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others immediately relaxed.
"These barbarian hozens may never have imagined that the Tang Dynasty can supply an army of 100,000 troops at any time!"
"Haha, you old guy, don't talk about those barbarian hozens. If the Prime Minister hadn't mentioned it, would you have thought that our Tang Dynasty could now send out a hundred thousand troops to fight everywhere at any time, and we don't have to worry about lack of food and grass?"
"Hahaha……"
Cheng Zhijie, Li Jing, Hou Junji and others all burst into laughter.
"You first come out according to the regulations on this matter. This matter will be read to the court tomorrow morning, and then you can start preparing for sending troops!"
Li Shimin said.
Having money means confidence!
Now, having sent out troops again, Li Shimin felt that he had enough confidence!
Hearing this, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui all responded one after another.
After a few people left, rumors began to spread among the noble families in Chang'an City that the small countries of Tubo, Tuyuhun, and Goguryeo were preparing to unite and invade the Tang Dynasty.
Suddenly, all the family officials and stewards subconsciously looked worried.
Especially those several big families that have already occupied the lower cities in Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, and Baekje.
They are more anxious.
No matter how many aristocratic families there were in the Tang Dynasty, they still naively thought that those vassal states such as Goguryeo and Tubo were weak. But they would never think so.
They knew very well how powerful these barbarian hozens were.
Moreover, no matter what, as long as there is a war, the cities of their families will bear the brunt.
Once Datang fails to respond well, all the hard work of these aristocratic families over the past few years will be in vain!
Half an hour later.
Li Shimin has already brought Li Chengqian, Li Ji and others to Lijiazhuang.
"Counterattack?"
After listening to Li Shimin's words, Li Xuan smiled sadly.
"Xuanba isn't worried at all?"
Seeing this, Li Shimin and Li Ji had a flash of doubt in their eyes.
That was the coalition forces of Tubo, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, Baekje, and more than a dozen large barbarian tribes.
No matter how small these vassals are, if they unite, their army will be at least 700,000 to 800,000!
"Your Majesty, isn't he not worried at all?"
Li Xuan grinned and explained: "If so many vassal states had united three or four years ago, our Tang Dynasty would have suffered heavy losses even if we were able to repel the coalition forces of these vassal states.
But now, even if they come ten times more, they will still have no impact on Datang!"
"Um?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin and Li Ji were all startled.
Immediately, Li Shimin and Li Chengqian's eyes lit up and they asked with expectation: "Xuanba, do you have any good ideas?"
In fact, despite Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others, they all looked relaxed when they were in Liangyi Hall.
However, facing the attack of a group of vassal states, they were already prepared to suffer heavy losses from the 100,000 troops they mobilized.
After all, those were all the armies in the vassal states of Tubo, Tuyuhun, Goguryeo and Baekje.
No matter how well-equipped the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were, they would face several times or even ten times more enemy troops.
"Did your Majesty forget the bomb?"
Seeing Li Shimin's expression, Li Xuan could guess what he was doing.
"bomb?"
Sure enough, as soon as Li Xuan's words came out, Li Shimin and Li Ji looked surprised and a little confused.
"Hey!"
Li Xuan couldn't help but chuckle, "Your Majesty, Mr. Cao Guo, you may not know what the appearance of bombs means to the army's operations!"
"What?"
Li Shimin didn't care about anything at this moment and asked directly with a curious look on his face.
“It’s useless to have too many people!”
Li Xuan shook his head gently, with a proud look on his face.
"Are numbers useless?"
Li Shimin, Li Ji and others were shocked again.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Cao Guogong, you have all seen that as long as there are enough bombs and the method is used correctly, half of an iron mine can be mined in two months. If it is used on flat ground and against 50,000 enemy troops, you will What do you think?" Li Xuan said.
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin and Li Ji's eyes widened instantly.
I have already imagined in my mind the scene of the 50,000-strong army being instantly blown into pieces.
I shuddered subconsciously.
"There's not even a bone left!"
"Well, when the soil falls, it can help bury them all with it!"
Li Xuan nodded lightly.
"What if hundreds of thousands of people come?"
Li Shimin, Li Ji and others were startled again.
Then, he took a cold breath.
"As long as your Majesty creates enough bombs, you don't have to worry about how many enemy troops will come. They will all come to kill you!"
Seeing that these people finally understood, Li Xuan showed a slight smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, as long as there are enough bombs, an army of 50,000 is enough to face Tubo and Tuyuhun! Of course, we can also attack all the way up, and by the way, we can completely integrate the small country of Tuyuhun into my Tang Dynasty territory, and then destroy Tubo! "
Li Shimin and Li Ji didn't think Li Xuan was telling lies.
As long as there are enough bombs, all this is possible.
In particular, the weapons supervisor's bombs seemed to have been piled up in five large warehouses under his own instruction!
Li Shimin felt excited in his heart and trembled subconsciously.
He stared at Li Xuan closely, "Xuanba, can you command the troops?"
"Um?"
Li Xuan was startled and looked at Li Shimin subconsciously.
"Goguryeo, this thief country, should be destroyed!"